Disk-record cabinet



A.1.CR|PPEN.

DISK RECORD CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED JAN25| 1916.

1,375,085. y Patented Apr. 19, 1921.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

A. I. CRIPPEN.

DISK RECORD CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED IAN.25. 1916.

1,375,085. Patented Apr..19, 1921.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2A i IN VENTOH A TTOR/VE YS Unirse STATES PATENT orrlcii.

ARTHUR V:L CRIPPEN, or ROCHESTER, NEW YORKAASSIGNOR 'ro 'onirri-iiv` RECORD Y FILE CORPORATION.`

msx-RECORD CABINET;

To aZZiwLom t may cri/noem.'

Be it known that I, ARTHUR J. CRIPPEN, of Rochester, in the countyof Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Disk-Record Cabinets; and l do `hereby declare the following to be a full, clear and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this speciiication, and to the reference-numerals marked thereon.

The present invention has to doy with cabinets .of thev type commonly employed for housing disk records that are used on sound reproducing machines, where the records are maintained in a vertical position, preferably, and are controlled by ejecting mechanisms that maybe operated when it is desired to discharge a selected record from the cabinet, and my improvement has for an object to afford a simplified form of ejectingv mechanism, composed of a minimum number of parts and so combined as to insure complete efficiency under all operating conditions. A further purpose of the invention is tol afford a practicable construction which can be Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view showing the application oi' my inventionY to one style of cabinet; s

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view with the parts enlarged and showing the position of the ejecting device at the limit of its outward movement when a record is discharged i from the cabinet;

Fig.l 3 isa horizontal sectional view i the p-lane of line lia-3a of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is afront velevation of a cabinet, and

' Fig. 5 is a sectional view on line 5a5a of Fig. 1. f

Similar reference numerals in the several gures .indicate the .same parts.

The invention is susceptible of a number Specicaton of LettersPatent.l v Patentgd Apr, 19,192L Application filed January 25,1916. Serial No. 74,106. i

of different embodiments, one of which is' illustrated in the presenti application and includes a casing having top and bottom walls 1 and 2 and extending therebetween are a series of vertical partitions or walls 3. The latter are held in place by spacing strips 4, which embrace opposite sides of the top and bottom edges oi the partitions and are maintained iii-such relation thereto by means of suitable holders or iframes 5 extending between the side walls of the casing to which they are attached, and providedwith inclined flanges 6 at their front and rear edges that serve to maintain the partitions and spacing Vstrips in proper relation. The structure which llv have thus Yfar described Vdoes not form any essential part of the preswhat is covered in my Letters Patent No. n

1,267 ,981, granted May 28, 1918.

Extending'transversely of the casing be,- tween the side walls, thereof is a'bar or rod 7 which forms a support or ybearin, 1; ior a series of ejecting devices, one of. which is disposed between each pair of adjacent par- `tit ions,that is,`in each record compartment formed by adjacent partitions. Each ejecting device comprises an angle lever and is preferably' in the form of an angle arm bent from wire, with its apex or upper portion pivotally arranged on the support 7. rlhe angle arm referred to comprises a forward portion 8, the extremity of which 1s bent at 9 to afford a nose for engagement with the edge of a record when-the latter is to be discharged, while the rear portion 10 of the ejecting device is extended downwardly with its lower extremity arranged for coperative relation withV an actuating member Vthat will now be described. Each `5, at the bottom ofthe cabinet, being arranged preferably in two tiers and in vstag-V gered relation, as shown in Figs. 1, 4 and 5, so that the record compartments may be arranged as closely together as possible with a View to .minimizing the space required laterally Vfor anyVr given number of records.

Each actuating member is provided atvitsv 110 forward end with a. slightly enlarged head 14, those in the lower row or tier extendingbeyond those inV the upper -tier and affording a means for grasping the actuating member, which is drawn forwardly of the cabinet for ejecting a record. Whenan actuating member 11 lis pulled forwardly,

it moves vthe Yrear portion of the ejecting device also forwardly until it engages the stop bar 15, and at the same time the nose 9 'ofthe actuating device is'brought into engageinent with the rearjedge of the record, causing the latter to move .forwardly until itis' far enough removed from 'the cabinet to vbe grasped. Rearward movement of the lrecords within the cabinet isplimited lby means of'stops'l, one of which is arranged Y Vin each compartment on a rod 17 that extends transversely of the casing and passes through the several partitions.

'One of the vparticular advantages of my' improvement resides in enabling ejecting la record by drawing the actuating member outwardly, as distinguished from Vdevices of this sort, bywhichit is proposed to push alrey ory operating member inwardly, and

tlie'reason lfor thisr is found in the fact that where the ejectingop'eration is outward, the heads of the actuating devices', or keys, need not beso large, and in fact can be operated successfullyl when quite small, only sufiicient size being required to permit a slight grip' on'tlie device.A The arrangement therefore,it will be seen, permits a much larger number ofrecords to be contained ina space of a 'given width, and this also has a furg ther advantage ofl maintaining the records kin closer and tighter relation, while still requiring no great eortl toeffecttheir removal. It will be recognized that the'invent-ion is not in any manner to be limited to theprecise construction and arrangement.

described, vand intend to cover by this application any such modifications 'or changes i as may properly come within theV spirit o f the invention and the scope ofthe appended claims. c

l claim-asiny invention: f 1. ln a diskrecord cabinet, the' combination with a record compartment, of an ejecting device comprising a pivoted angle arm which extends downwardly from itsfpivotal point and includes a forward portion for engagement with the edge of a record'and a downwardly projecting rear portion, and an actuating member arranged beneath the ejectiiig device and provided with an opening in whichengages the extremity of the rear portion of said angle arm. *f y Y 2. ln a record cabinet, the combination -riirriirni J. oairrrniv.:

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of. a plurality lof. record compartments, a 

